Survey Project Manager

Survey Project Manager - Appleton, WI

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Survey Project Manager to join our team in our Appleton, WI office. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop, provide and coordinate service-specific education and staff development. Work with the survey service leader and market leaders to create, monitor and meet a professional development budget for the survey team.
• Stay current on service-specific trends, technology, software, hardware and equipment.
• Drive value based on innovation.
• Work with the survey service leader to establish, implement, monitor and maintain procedures and quality standards for the survey group.
• Ensure that survey work products have a consistent appearance across the local land survey team, and are delivered efficiently.
• Work with survey service leader and market leaders on staffing, utilization and workload as it relates to survey.
• Work with the division survey service leader, survey service leader, and market leader to grow Westwood’s local and national land survey presence with a focus on developing strategic pursuits of large survey projects such as due diligence portfolios, construction services or large scale cadastral surveys.
• Support market-based business development by providing technical expertise and generating revenue.
• Build, maintain and grow a strong culture for survey that aligns with the division’s goals, objectives and strategies and Westwood’s core values.
• Ensures division, regional, and company policies and practices are consistently followed within the survey service.
• Lead by example – display solid judgment, good values, trust, honesty, openness, and professionalism.

• Professional Survey License – Licensed in Texas. Additional states preferred.
• Four-year degree preferred and 10-plus years of experience in a consulting business.
• Must have multi-discipline experience, and a strong understanding of commercial, residential, and public infrastructure markets and projects.
• Must have a strong background in project management.
• Effective verbal communication is necessary and independent judgment is essential.
• Proven leadership and supervisory skills.
• Handle multiple priorities well.
• Thorough knowledge and experience in business development.

This position will be responsible for managing, mentoring and developing survey services for the Commercial, Residential, and Public Infrastructure Markets in Westwood. This person will also be a technical leader for survey services, which provides the experience and expertise needed to serve the markets.

About Westwood Professional Services, Inc. (Westwood)

Westwood is a multi-disciplined national surveying and engineering services provider for commercial and residential development, public infrastructure, wind energy, solar energy, energy storage, and electric transmission projects. Westwood was established in 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has grown to serve clients across the nation from multiple U.S. offices. In 2020, Westwood ranked on the top 150 design firms on Engineering News Record (ENR), #4 on Zweig Group’s Hot Firm’s List, and #9 on Best Firms to Work For, all national industry lists and record-breaking rankings for the firm.

Westwood provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diverse backgrounds strengthen our business. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.